(ABBA) Abballet - I'm a marionette (1984)

Från TV-filmen "Abbalett" från 1984. Med prima ballerina assoluta Anneli Alhanko som prinsessa :)


The 'Marionette' -scene from the ballet ABBAllet. Directed by choreographer Birgit Cullberg.
Anneli Alhanko as the princess.

Cullberg studied ballet under Kurt Jooss-Leeder and Lillian Karina and was a member of the Royal Ballet, London, (1952-1957). In 1960, she was appointed director and choreographer at the Stockholm City Theatre. Cullberg gained international recognition by founding the Cullberg Ballet in the 1960s. On retiring in 1985, her son Mats Ek took over the ballet company.
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee instituted the Cullberg scholarship in her honour, and she was awarded an honorary professorship at the University of Stockholm, where she had studied when she was young. She also received the French honour Commendeur des Arts et Lettres and the Italian honour Cavaliere Ufficiale.
/Wikipedia

LYRICS:
You're so free
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
Something's wrong, got a feeling that I don't belong
As if I have come from outer space, out of place, like King Kong

I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, 'round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown

Like a doll, like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody taught me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall

Can't complain, I've got no-one but myself to blame
Something's happening I can't control, lost my hold, it's insane

I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, 'round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown

Look this way, just a little smile, is what they say
You look better on the photograph if you laugh, that's okay!!

I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, 'round and 'round
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown

You're so free
That's what everybody's telling me
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee

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[SADL00KINM00N]

Thanks for all kind comments!! :)

And I hear YT have messed up the audio when converting the video...

[JimColyer]

Loss of control in achieving stardom. The performer is a doll, puppet, pet, clown. ABBA liked to travel and to play and sing. Songs like I'm A Marionette come from being tired, one too many countries or one too many shows. The solo is a train.

[LadyFan05]

Wait a minute--ABBA has a movie, a musical, AND a ballet?!?

[tedsler]

SO Alhanko is the princess, but who is the prince in green and the other dancers? Anyone know?

I think the Cullberg trio - Birgit, Mats and Niklas - are geniuses!

Thanks for posting, I haven't seen many of these clips before :)

x

[sotoxful]

fucking scary

[deizel90]

i wouldnt be surprised if this inspired Kate bush....this puts me right in the mindstate of Kate when i see this

[MrJimijazz149]

FABULOUS!!! I loved it!

[MarkPMus]

That was brilliant. A shame Rudolf N couldn't have danced it though.

[abbafanglosuk]

Excellent Elin - Abballet deserves to be better known on this evidence! Birgit has done a great job with these scenes. It makes you wonder if she could have teamed up with B & B to direct their concert performance of this song!

[oaksyboy44]

Lol Dallas,you comment made me laugh a lot........nice one :)